University of Arkansas Campus Historic District
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Location | Roughly bounded by Garland Ave., Maple St., Arkansas Ave. & Dickson St., Fayetteville, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 36°04′05″N 94°10′19″W / 36.06806°N 94.17194°WCoordinates: 36°04′05″N 94°10′19″W / 36.06806°N 94.17194°W |
Area | 71 acres (29 ha) |
NRHP reference # | 09000745 |
Added to NRHP | September 23, 2009 |
Ella Carnall Hall
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Location | Arkansas Ave. and Maple St., Fayetteville, Arkansas |
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Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1900 or 1905 |
Architect | Thompson, Charles L.(original); James Lambeth (1990s renovation) |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | Thompson, Charles L., Design Collection TR |
NRHP reference # | 82000943 |
Added to NRHP | December 22, 1982 |
Chemistry Building | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Mission/Spanish |
Location | Campus of the University of Arkansas |
Town or city | Fayetteville, Arkansas |
Country | USA |
Completed | 1906 |
Owner | University of Arkansas |
Design and construction | |
Architecture firm | C. L. Thompson & O. L. Gates |
Main contractor | Donaghey & McIlRoy |
John A. White, Jr. Engineering Hall | |
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North entrance
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General information | |
Type | Engineering education |
Architectural style | Collegiate Gothic |
Location | Campus of the University of Arkansas |
Address | Dickson Street Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 |
Completed | 1927 |
Renovated | 2013 |
Owner | University of Arkansas |
Design and construction | |
Architect | H. Ray Burkes |
Architecture firm | Jamieson and Spearl |
Gibson Hall | |
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General information | |
Type | men's dormitory |
Architectural style | Collegiate Gothic |
Address | Dickson St., and Garland Ave., |
Town or city | Fayetteville, Arkansas |
Country | USA |
Completed | 1937 |
Renovated | 1963, 2007 |
Cost | $165,000 |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Wittenberg & Deloney |
Architecture firm | Jamieson & Spearl |
Memorial Hall
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Location | 480 Campus Drive Fayetteville, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 36°4′11″N 94°10′15″W / 36.06972°N 94.17083°W |
Area | 58,000 square feet (5,400 m2) |
Built | 1940 |
Architectural style | Collegiate Gothic (front), Gothic and Classical Revival (remainder) |
MPS | Public Schools in the Ozarks |
NRHP reference # | 92001104 |
Added to NRHP | September 1992 |
The University of Arkansas Campus Historic District is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 23, 2009. The district covers the historic core of the University of Arkansas campus, including 25 buildings.
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on September 23, 2009 and the listing was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service's weekly list of October 2, 2009. The Inn at Carnall Hall is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The historical core of campus was built in many phases, coincident with when funding was available to build. Beginning with the construction of Old Main in 1879, buildings were built haphazardly around campus. This was changed when the architecture firm Jamieson & Spearl designed the 1925 master plan, which includes many of the Collegiate Gothic style buildings (such as the Agriculture Building). The plan allowed for more structure and a better layout. However, funding ran dry and the master plan came to a halt. Building resumed following many Public Works Administration grants after World War II.
Another interesting feature of the campus is Campus Walk. Formerly a through street, Campus Drive was converted to a footpath that runs from Maple Street on the north, through the Pi Beta Phi Memorial Gate, and follows the street's path across the campus core and through the Bell Engineering Center to the street's former intersection with Dickson Street.
Old Main, originally University Hall, is the University’s signature building and appears on its seal. The building was constructed between 1873 and 1875 as part of a land grant for the state of Arkansas. The building was designed in Second Empire architectural style. The exterior walls are made of local red brick, and the foundation uses local sandstone. John Mills Van Osdel's original plan called for a clock, but one was not installed until 2005. Old Main currently houses the offices of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, its honors program and five academic departments, as well as classrooms and meeting spaces.